Hurricanes near Ware, MA

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Ware. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Gloria in 1985. The strongest was Carol in 1954, with winds near 109 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Henri Aug	Tropical storm	52	43
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	58	60
2011	Irene Aug	Tropical storm	58	47
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	52	37
1999	Floyd Sep	Tropical storm	58	13
1996	Bertha Jul	Tropical storm	69	21
1985	Gloria Sep	Category 1	86	18
1976	Belle Aug	Tropical storm	58	16
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	58	31
1968	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	63	27
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	69	21
1960	Donna Sep	Category 1	86	27
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	52	6
1954	Carol Aug	Category 2	109	28
1952	Able Sep	Tropical storm	52	18

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	1
1960s	1	3
1970s	0	2
1980s	1	0
1990s	0	2
2000s	0	1
2010s	0	1
2020s	0	2

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Ware at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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